Rory McIlroy rallied from six shots behind Monday and closed with a 6-under 65 for a two-shot victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship, the 20th victory of his career worldwide and his first this year on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy, who missed the cut in the PGA Championship and was an afterthought last week when the FedEx Cup playoffs began, already was 4-over-par just three holes into this tournament at the TPC Boston.

He managed to get back to even par at the end of the opening round, and he was on his way.

He shot 67 on Saturday, 66 on Sunday and then raced by a faltering Paul Casey on Labor Day in strong wind from remnants of Hermine.

McIlroy closed out the front nine with three straight birdies to take the lead for the first time.

He regained the lead with a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 12, and then drilled a fairway metal into the wind and over the hazard on the par-5 18th to set up one last birdie from the bunker.

Casey, who started the final round with a three-shot lead in his bid for his first PGA Tour victory since 2009, closed with a 73.

Motor sports

Tony Schumacher got his 82nd career victory in Top Fuel at the U.S. Nationals on Monday.

Schumacher raced his dragster to a 3.806-second pass at 317.64 mph to beat Steve Torrence’s 3.803 at 325.06 in the final round.

Schumacher, the NHRA’s winningest driver in the category, also became the winningest driver at Lucas Oil.

College football

No. 11 Ole Miss built a 28-6 first-half lead over No. 4 Florida State on Monday, but the Seminoles scored 33 unanswered points and ultimately won 45-34.

Florida State redshirt freshman quarterback Deondre Francois completed 33 of 52 passes for 419 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 59 yards on nine carries.

LSU has suspended offensive lineman Josh Boutte for one game after his late hit Saturday in the final minutes of the Tigers’ loss to Wisconsin.

A release from the school states Boutte called Wisconsin defensive back D’Cota Dixon on Monday to apologize for the hit, which came after Dixon had sealed a Wisconsin victory with an interception.

Boutte was ejected after hitting Dixon as he celebrated the interception.

Former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian is joining No. 1 Alabama’s staff as an analyst.

San Jose Giants

The playoff-bound Giants capped the regular season with a 9-7 loss in 14 innings against Visalia.

The teams combined to use 14 pitchers, with Robbie Garvey, the Giants left fielder for the first 13 innings, allowing two runs in the 14th.

San Jose, which secured a wild-card berth, opens the Cal League playoffs at home Wednesday night against the Bakersfield Blaze.

The best-of-three series moves to Bakersfield on Thursday and, if needed, Friday.